Dish-washing machine.



J. G. MOVEY. DISH WASHING MACHINE- APILIOATION FILED MAR. 34. 1906.

PATENTED JULY 30, 11907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, I906- 'PATENTED' JULY 30, 1907.

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JOHN C. MCVEY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

1)ISH-WASHING- MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application fi'tcri March 24, 1906. Serial No. 307,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. MeVnv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in dish washing machines.

The object of my invention is to provide a dish washing machine with which dishes maybe quickly and thoroughly washed and rinsed with the expenditure of a minimum anrount of labor and with the employmcnt of no greater amount of water than would be required in washing the dishes in the ordinary manner.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the. accompanying drawings illustrative of my inventionFigure 1 is a central, longitudinal, vertical sectional view of the machine, showing the parts in the positions occupied by them during the washing operation. Fig. 2 is a top view of the machine with the cover and parts connected"therewithremoved. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the underside of the cover. Fig. 4 is a view of the machine with the cover and parts connected therewith removed, the water receptacle being shown partly in elevation and partly broken away and the basket disposed in the raisedposition occupied by it when the dishes are being rinsed.

Similar characters of reference denote similar parts.

1 denotes the water receptacle having an open upper end and preferably having an oval form similar to an ordinary wash boiler. I

2 denotes the cover for the receptacle, provided preferably with a downwardly extending flange 3, fitted to the inner periphery of the receptacle 1, the

' cover having on its upper side two handles 4.

Vertically movable in the receptacle 1 is a dish holding device, comprising preferably a basket 5, made of wire, having an open upper end and fitted to the inside of the receptacle 1. That the basket may be suspended, as shown in Fig. 4, for the purpose hereinafter described, any suitable means ma y be employed, the preferable means being that shown in the drawings, and comprising two oppositely disposed catches (i for releasably engaging the inner basketmember 5 with the wafer receptacle member 1. The said catchesfi arepreferably formed each of a resilient wire the lower end of which is secured in the basket 5 and the upper end of which is turned outwardly at right angles and is adapted to slip over the upper edge of the receptacle 1, as shown in. Fig. 4, for the purposeof supporting the basket in the raised position. The tension of the catches 6 is such that when the basket is raised to the position shown in Fig. 4, the catches will automatically move outward and be disposed above the upper edge of the receptacle'l, thus providing automatically act ated means for supporting the basket, when the basket has been raised to the proper position.

For lifting the basket, said basket is provided adjacent opposite ends with two handles, composed prcferably of two wires 7, pivotally connected at their ends to the upper end of the basket so as to form swinging balls, which, when not in use, may be horizontally disposed, as shown in the drawing.

(entrally disposed in the basket and secured to the bottom thereof, is a circular cage 8, formed reefer-ably of wire and having a horizontal wire netting forming a to pi), to which is secured, in any suitable manner, a central bearing plate if), provided with a central vertical opening 11, disposcdjn vertical alincment with a corresponding opening in a horizontal plate l2, secured within the cage 8 to the upper side of the bottom of the basket 5.

Mounted iuthe basket is a propclll r comprising a vertical shaft 13 relatively mounted in tin-openings provided in the plates 10 and l2, and having secured to it, within the cage 8, one or more blades 14, preferably inclined, as shown in Fig. 1. The lower end of the shaft 13 rests upon the upper side of a horizontal plate 15 secured to the underside of the basket 5.

When the shaft 13 is rotated in the proper direction,

water having previously been placr d within the weceptacle 1. the water in the receptacle will be thrown upwardly and outwardly. For the purpose of rotating the propeller shaft 13, the following mechanism is preferably employed:-

- Secured in any suitable manner at its uppercnd, lo the lower side of the cover 2, is a II-shaped bracket Hi. Rotatively mountedin an opening provided in the horizontal portion of said bracket is a vertical shaft 17, which extends through an opening in the cover 2 and has secured to it at its upper end a crank 18, by means of which the shaft 17 may be rotated. Secured rigidly upon the shaft 17, between the bracket 16 and the cover 2, is a spur gear wheel 1 which meshes with a pinion 20, the vertical shaft porl ion of which is rotatively mounted in vertical holes provided therefor in the bracket 16 and the cover 2. .lhc'uppcr end of the shaft 13 is of a shape other thanround. preferably square in cross section and provided with a transverse opening in the squared port ion, in which is rigidly sccured a horizontal pin 21. The lower end of the shaft portion of the pinion 20 is provided with a socket 22, in which the upper end of the shaft 13 is fitted and from which said shaft is detachable when the cover 2 is vertically removed from the receptacle 1. Atlhc lower end of flu-shaft portion of the pinion 20 below thcbrackct Hi and preferably an integral portion of the socket portion oi the pinion 20. To prevent any lateral movement of the bracket 16 it has secured to it, at right angles thereto, a ii-shaped bracket 2i, the upper ends of which arerigidly secured to the under side oithe cover 2. fln opereting my invention, the cover 2 is first rernovedend the basket 5 disposed in the lower positiomenshown in Fig. 1. The dishes to be washed are ,then. placed in the basket 5 around the cage 8, after which boiling-writer, preferably containing soap, is .hen poured over the dishes. The cover 2 is then pieced upon the receptacle 1, thus engaging the upper fondofthe propeller or dasher shaft 13 with the pinionv 20,; The crank 18 is thenrotated in a direction such that the blades 14 will be revolved in a direction that the wnterfiyvill be thrown by said blades upwardly and outwardly; By rapidly turning the crank 18 for e minute or two the scalding water will be thrown viol'cntlydgeinst the dishes and they will be quickly cleaned thereby. The cover 2 is then removed, after which, by grasping the handles 7, the basket 5 containing the dishes maybe lifted to the position shown in Pig ent which time the catches 6 will engage the upper edge of the receptacle 1 and support the dishes upon and be dashed. against all portions of the dishes contained in the basket. I

it will be obvious that very many structural modifications may be made and which will nevertheless be included within the scope of my invention.

seimo Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to, secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. In a dish washing machine, the combination with 11 water receptacle having an open upper end, of a cover therefor, a dish holding basket in said receptacle, a cage mounted in said basket, & propeller conipri'sing a'shaft rotatively mounted in the upper and lower ends of said cage and having one or more blades attached to it and revolu bio in the cage, and means carried by the cover for engaging and rotating said shaft when the cover is properly positloned on the receptacle and detachable from the shaft when the cover is removed.

2. In t dish washing machine, the combination with a water receptacle having an open upper end, of a cover therefor, a dish holding basket mounted in said receptacle,

a propeller mounted in said basket and comprising a. vcrtical rotary shaft having attached to it one or more blades, a rotary driving device carried by the cover and provided with means for releasably engaging said shaft when the cover is propcrlypositioncd on the receptacle and detachable from the shaft when the cover is removed, means for guiding said shaft into engagement with said rotary de vice, and means for rotziting said rotary device.

3. In a dish washing machine, the combination with a water receptacle having an open upper end, of a cover therefor, a dish holding basket vertically movable in said receptacle, a propeller rotativcly mounted in said basket and comprising a vertical rotary shaft having attached to it one or more blades, means by which the basket may be supported in a raised position in the receptacle, a rotary.

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Witnesses E. B. House, v HENRY F. Ross. 

